Tim Blair

Tim Blair
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Friday,
November,
23,
2012,(2:12pm)

Peace, one of two turkeys pardoned by President Obama last year, was euthanized Monday, according to an official who insisted the timing of the death – days before the Thanksgiving holiday – was not suspicious.

Blair admits despite blogdom’s best efforts some stories, no matter how wrong, are repeated over and over again as if true. Blair points to the mythical plastic Thanksgiving Day turkey Bush is alleged to have served to the troops in Iraq. ‘Even though that story has been shown to be bogus, some reporters and columnists won’t – or can’t – let go of it,’ Blair laments.

On further reflection, Blair admits that he’d be disappointed if the plastic turkey faded away altogether. ‘It’s been around so long, I think many bloggers, myself included, have become attached to it. That turkey has become part of the lore of the early days of the revolution now sweeping the media,’ Blair says somewhat wistfully.

The legend of the fake turkey was born in 2003 and grows stronger by the year. Thanks to squinty semi-beardo Bob Cesca, the great bird now celebrates its 3254th day among the living:

The whole thing echoed Paul Ryan’s phony-baloney soup kitchen photo op during which he washed pots and pans that were already clean. Two displays of totally fake selfless volunteering from two wholly fake candidates. Not only do they utterly lack authenticity, but their photo ops appear to be torn out of the George W. Bush playbook — the “Give a Fake Turkey to the Troops” chapter.

Tim Blair
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Friday,
November,
23,
2012,(1:50pm)

Manzur Hussain from Kasur said, “If Kasab committed a crime as India claims, he deserved to be hanged.”

He also said the media across the border did not rake up the issue. “I did not see anyone raising slogans against India or in favour of Kasab. Markets were open, people were not glued to TV sets and everything was normal. Even fundamentalists did not make the expected hue and cry,” he said.

Tim Blair
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Friday,
November,
23,
2012,(1:30pm)

From the deplorably parochial coverage in the U.S. media, you’d almost get the impression that those iconic American delicacies of Twinkies and Wonder Bread have ceased production. That’s not true. They’ve just ceased production for Americans. Up north, the streets are paved with Twinkies, and every Canadian is walking in a Winter Wonderbreadland.